Athena Care Homes (UK) Ltd
Lifestyles Assistant
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Activities Coordinator at Avocet Court Care Home
As an Activities Coordinator at Avocet Court Care Home, you will be responsible for supporting the provision of meaningful, enjoyable, engaging, and stimulating activities which are planned in the Home for our residents - we want to make memorable moments at Avocet Court!
About Avocet Court Care Home
Situated in a residential nook in Ipswich, our 115-bedroom Avocet Court Care Home is surrounded by beautiful gardens. As one of the top residential care homes, we provide exceptional standards of care.
We’re proud to have an award-winning activities team and a newly refurbished café that is the heart of our home. We also have fantastic sustainability credentials, including solar panels and green initiatives to minimize our environmental impact.
About The Role
The Activities Coordinator, known internally as Lifestyles Coordinator, will proactively engage with and support the activities programme in the Home. They will provide support to ensure other team members and residents know about and are engaged in the activities programme.
Salary
£12.71 per hour.
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36 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.
Home Location:
Monmouth Close, Ipswich, England, IP2 8RS.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in the delivery of a meaningful, enjoyable, engaging, and stimulating activities programme, based on person-centred care principles, throughout the home that involves and includes all residents relative to them as individuals.
- Champion person-centred care with all team members in the home to ensure residents are empowered to make, or continue to make, Lifestyles choices relevant and appropriate to them.
- To actively engage with residents in conversation and meaningful occupation related to their lifestyle choices at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences.
Training, Skills & Experience Required
- Experience of organising and scheduling programmes of events or activities, ideally within a healthcare environment.
- Excellent communication skills, with a genuine passion for enhancing the lives of our residents.
- Knowledge of dementia is highly advantageous.
- Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting, & motivating a team.
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What We Can Offer
- Fully comprehensive induction.
- Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
- 28 days of holiday per year.
- Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
- Refer a friend scheme.
About Athena
Athena Care Homes are a family-run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).
We want to be the first choice for high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.
Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality, and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.
We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.
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